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Dash cam question (window tint)

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April 12, 2018, 10:19 PM
dry-fly
Dash cam question (window tint)
Well I finally had my Thinkware F800 front and rear cameras installed today. Lots of settings to prepare for use. I have one question so far.. my rear window is tinted so the image is obviously dark. Has anyone cut a *tiny* hole in the tint for the lens to see through? Probably talking about the size of a dime. I’m hesitant to mess up my tint..


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April 12, 2018, 10:39 PM
smschulz
I might be hesitant to do that to the tint.
Can you relocate the cam say in the trunk or similar?
April 12, 2018, 10:43 PM
bigdeal
How about swapping the current rear facing camera for one mounted in a licence tag frame. Those seem quite popular.


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April 12, 2018, 11:07 PM
dry-fly
Relocating the rear camera isn’t really an option unfortunately. The cameras are a matched pair, they are wired together. I literally just picked up the car a couple of hours ago so I haven’t had a chance to mess with it much. I’m hoping in daylight it won’t be an issue, we’ll see. Thanks for the suggestions.


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April 13, 2018, 08:44 AM
Chowser
Does turning on the night setting help?

I'm about to figure out the same today, I have another camera coming and will be moving my old dash cam to the rear. I guess I'll be happy if it records headlights through the tint during night time.


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April 13, 2018, 09:40 AM
h2oys
Personally, I would cut out the small spot for your camera lense.
April 13, 2018, 10:33 AM
Chowser
Well, my cheap $20 camera didn't do too well with the tint. I have 35% ceramic tint.

During daylight, it's fine.



I turned the lights off and closed the garage door and it's dark. Turned the night vision on the camera and can barely see.



Will have to drive around at night and record some footage to see how it handles.


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April 13, 2018, 10:51 AM
arfmel
Maybe the tint guy could cut a nice hole for you.
April 13, 2018, 11:39 AM
dry-fly
quote:
Originally posted by arfmel:
Maybe the tint guy could cut a nice hole for you.


Good thought, Thanks


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April 13, 2018, 11:43 AM
jbcummings
The F800 is supposed to have a better auto dynamic range than the previous models. I’d be tempted to give Thinkware a call before putting holes in my window tint, assuming your tint isn’t super dark.


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April 13, 2018, 11:45 AM
egregore
If a camera can't see through the tint, how do you see through it?




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April 13, 2018, 03:13 PM
LS1 GTO
quote:
Originally posted by egregore:
If a camera can't see through the tint, how do you see through it?


Better aperture and video processing cells. Wink





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